We're big fans of NaNoWriMo around here. And we've read a lot of NaNo books on this blog. Today, we're going to pick our favorite book written during NaNo.
I have actually liked a lot of the books we've been given from NaNo writers. (Superceneries had such a great premise and the drawing in The Lesser Evil were done so well!) However, it's hard to compete with The Night Circus. It's beautifully written, really pulling you in and assaulting your senses with it's scenes and its characters. And it's such a NaNo story. Morgenstern hated The Night Circus when she first started it one NaNo. It wasn't at all going the direction that she wanted it to, so she dropped her characters into a circus and VOILA!
I like how creative Morgenstern is. I mean, the settings that she comes up with and all the ideas for the tents, I couldn't even begin to create worlds like that and she does it so naturally. It's second nature, like she can see it all so clearly in her mind, so when I read it, I can imagine so clearly and crisply.
It's a great book and, if you're going to pick up and inspiring NaNo novel, this should be it.
I have actually liked a lot of the books we've been given from NaNo writers. (Superceneries had such a great premise and the drawing in The Lesser Evil were done so well!) However, it's hard to compete with The Night Circus. It's beautifully written, really pulling you in and assaulting your senses with it's scenes and its characters. And it's such a NaNo story. Morgenstern hated The Night Circus when she first started it one NaNo. It wasn't at all going the direction that she wanted it to, so she dropped her characters into a circus and VOILA!
I like how creative Morgenstern is. I mean, the settings that she comes up with and all the ideas for the tents, I couldn't even begin to create worlds like that and she does it so naturally. It's second nature, like she can see it all so clearly in her mind, so when I read it, I can imagine so clearly and crisply.
It's a great book and, if you're going to pick up and inspiring NaNo novel, this should be it.
Ditto! But that's no surprise. For the third time ever, Cassy and I have chosen the same book for a favorite! (The other two were our favorite Harry Potter book and our favorite Christmas story.)
I would love to see the evolution of this book, with each edit as it went from original NaNo to its published form. It would be very heartening in doing my own editing (which is only showing me how the first 1/3 of my book is a lot like the upcoming Ben Stiller movie and the last 1/3 is depressingly similar to the story of United flight 93 on 9/11, which I didn't realize until yesterday).
Morgenstern talks openly and honestly about the NaNoWriMo process, too. It's nice to hear a success story like hers from the metaphorical horse's mouth.
I would love to see the evolution of this book, with each edit as it went from original NaNo to its published form. It would be very heartening in doing my own editing (which is only showing me how the first 1/3 of my book is a lot like the upcoming Ben Stiller movie and the last 1/3 is depressingly similar to the story of United flight 93 on 9/11, which I didn't realize until yesterday).
Morgenstern talks openly and honestly about the NaNoWriMo process, too. It's nice to hear a success story like hers from the metaphorical horse's mouth.
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